Except the possibility of RSAF inflicting some damage to KL or Jakarta, there's no possibility of Singapore winning any land or sea war, whether invading or invaded against Malaysia or Indonesia. Hello dear all, history had already proved, geography had already proved, Japan had already proved, Singapore isn't an unsinkable aircraft carrier but an indefensible island if the aggressor is from or in control of Malaysia or Indonesia unless we have naval and aerial power on the scale of at least UK. Do we? Emphatically no. Mindef spends most of its budget on torturing NSmen to make up the numbers to warrant promotion of colonels and generals.
Where else in the world, can you find so many colonels and generals out of just a 3-million citizenry? Not even Israel with a 6-million citizenry and engulfed in war.
Uncle, U serve the Police for too long liao lah, they never teach U about Army doctrine. Most pple in the army will tell you the same thing, the point isn't to beat Malaysia and conquer the peninsula, the point is to hold out long enough that they give up or UN intervention kicks in. That is pretty much achievable. A couple of reasons
1)We have more fighter planes then Indon and Malaysia COMBINED, pretty much ensuring air superiority
2)Thanks to NS, we are able to mobilize more troops and better trained personal then Malaysia in very short notice. If war were to break out tomorrow, we can actually mobilize more fighting troops then Malaysia. There is a good reason why SAF conduct mobilization exercises for reservist personal.
3)We have more armored vehicles and Artillery then Malaysia.
4)Our military hardware is overall much more advanced then Malaysia
Yes over the longer term Malaysia will be able to conscript more men and eventually overwhelm us in sheer numbers but we're taking about months of fighting before they can come up with enough numbers and that too mostly untrained fighters. If the recent US war against terrorism is any indication, the ratio needed is about 10:1. Let's assume out men our not that well trained, it will still be at a ratio of at least 3:1 vs untrained personal. Learning to shoot with a rifle is easy however anyone who have been through NS can tell you that being a soldier involves a lot more then just hitting a target at 100-300m. Tactical movement, firing movement, field craft, etc are very important aspect of being effective on the battle field. U need quite a bit of training to be able to fight effectively as a unit is just as important that's why they have NS and reservist training to ensure those who can fight have the skills still fresh in their minds.
The reason why Mindef spend so much money is to ensure our technology and equipment are far superior to the Malaysians so that if war really breaks out, we have a fighting chance. There is no such thing as a sure win but having a fighting chance is better then having none at all.
